JAKARTA (AFP) .- PT Artajasa Electronic Payment (Artajasa) expressed readiness to expand the e-commerce business market associated with fairly good prospects. Companies engaged in the field of electronic transaction services until the end of the year targeting the approximately 40 institutions holding.

"We will focus to enter the world of e-commerce. We target until the end of the year could be co-operation with 40 institutions anymore, "said Managing Director Artajasa Arya Damar in Jakarta, Sunday (04/20/2014). One company that has towed is PT Garuda Indonesia (Persero) Tbk in online ticket payment service through ATMBersama transfer.

In 2013 Artajasa posted revenue of Rp 356 billion or an increase of 23.5 percent from the previous year. Own transaction volume recorded a growth of 23 percent to 490 million online payment transactions. So far the greatest contribution of this is trasaksi online payment of multi-sector and telecommunications. "This year we tergetkan growth could reach 23 percent," he said.

According to him, along with the growth of e-commerce industry in Indonesia, while realizing an integrated payment system and can be used by banking and non-banking institutions, Artajasa has developed an online payment tool, namely Transfer for Payment

Payment for the transfer is a payment mechanism by using the inter-bank transfers on the network ATMBersama. With these features, asabah can make transfer of funds from their bank accounts (members ATMBersama) to a specific destination account using the code 987 as the bank code of the destination.

"Mechanisms for the Transfer Payment can now be used for payment transactions online tickets Garuda Indonesia," he said. Through the implementation of Transfer for Payment, then customers can now take advantage of a variety of channels Garuda Indonesia ticket payment online.

The online ticket payment mechanism has two stages, the first stage is the stage of booking. Garuda customers can book tickets at the channel owned by Garuda Indonesia. "Then the second stage is the stage of payment via the delivery channels such as ATM Bersama member banks, ATM machines, SMS Banking, Internet Banking or Teller," he explained.

Arya added that this cooperation will further strengthen the position Artajasa in the payment systems industry, welcomed the presence of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) by 2015.

Moreover, these achievements be a first step for Artajasa to enter the e-commerce industry, which is currently about 10 institutions or merchants have utilized for Payment Transfer services as part of its online payment tool. (A-78 / A-108)

Source: Pikiran Rakyat


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